Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"...Since you know this, do you believe that with your current strength, relying on the absolute defense of your demonic avatar clad in the Azure Dragon Armor, you are already fearless against the forbidden sacrificial techniques of the insect race?"

Karl gave a helpless, bitter smile.

He thought that Ye Ge had underestimated the power of the blood sacrifice array.

"Let's not even talk about whether your demonic avatar can withstand the power of this great formation. Even if you can protect yourself, what about the tens of thousands of human troops behind you?"

Karl glanced at the crowd behind Night Song: "Can your Dharma Form cover so many people?"

"Oh, it's nothing." Ye Ge pointed behind him with his thumb: "They're not afraid of death."

"..."

Karl opened his mouth slightly, but then found himself speechless.

He glanced again at the group of human soldiers behind Night Song.

His original intention in saying that was not only to persuade Ye Ge to retreat, but also to demoralize Ye Ge's troops.

No matter how loyal or well-trained an army is, it is impossible for it to maintain complete military discipline when faced with death.

Morale is something that can be influenced by others; if one person shows fear, it will quickly spread to those around them.

Even if the Ye family has assassins, it's impossible for tens of thousands of them to be assassins, right?

However......

The army behind Ye Ge remained as steady as Mount Tai. The human warriors all had calm and solemn expressions, and they seemed just as unperturbed as Ye Ge.

'what's the situation? ’

Karl was completely baffled and frowned slightly.

'Could it be... that Nightsong used illusion magic to brainwash all these human soldiers???'

'But...it's still not right...'

'How could someone like Ye Ge possibly be willing to die together with him?'

'What exactly is he planning?'

For the first time, Carl felt completely unable to understand a person's thoughts.

"Lord Nightsong," Karl said helplessly, "if we don't leave now, neither of us will be able to escape... You don't mean to take us all down with you here, do you?"

Ye Ge smiled and said, "You know what, I actually had that idea."

Carl: "......"

Ye Ge: "Since you're so loyal to Sima Qing, dragging me here to die together will surely make him very happy. This deal shouldn't be a loss, don't you think?"

“…Unfortunately, I don’t have that idea for the time being.” Karl was silent for a moment, thinking that Night Song was probably crazy: “Lord Night Song, farewell.”

As he spoke, Karl pulled out a card and flicked it with his wrist.

"Oh!"

It's a smoke bomb!

White smoke billowed out, enveloping their figures.

"Trying to leave?" Ye Ge sneered. "You tried to grab my wife just now, and now you want to leave? No way!"

"Dragon's Roar - Dispel!"

"Roar————!!!" A long, majestic dragon roar, containing the power of purification and shock, suddenly erupted! The solidified blue sound wave swept forward like a tsunami, and wherever it passed, the dense white smoke was instantly washed away and dispersed, like snow meeting the scorching sun!

As the smoke cleared, the interior was revealed—before Karl, a complex silver metal card floated in the air, projecting a beam of eerie blue light that formed a spatial portal, intricately patterned with precise mechanical designs, that was about to take shape! Clearly, they intended to use this portal to escape instantly!

“I knew it,” Ye Ge said.

"Holy Law—"

Ye Ge raised his right hand high, his five fingers clenching in the air as if grasping the invisible thunderous authority above the sky: "Eclipse Holy Thunder!"

"Boom————!!!"

High above, the clouds were suddenly torn apart by a domineering force! A blazing golden lightning bolt, formed by the fusion of the White Tiger's sharp metal energy and the supreme Yang holy power, ripped through the sky like a sword of heavenly punishment, striking the core of the mechanical teleportation gate, which was only half-built, with incredible precision at a speed beyond perception!

"boom!!!!!!"

Amidst a deafening explosion, the newly formed portal, along with its core card, was utterly shattered and annihilated by the supremely powerful and yang holy lightning! Violent lightning energy and spatial turbulence erupted in all directions!

"Well--!!"

Although Carl and Adam managed to dodge at the last moment, they were still affected by the edge of the explosion's energy wave and staggered back a few steps to the sides, looking somewhat disheveled.

Karl turned to look at Night Song, his elegant composure vanishing, replaced by a somber expression: "Lord Night Song... what exactly do you intend to do?"

"I told you, you're not leaving today." Ye Ge sneered, "Attack!"

As soon as he finished speaking, tens of thousands of human warriors behind Night Song immediately surged out on their flying skateboards and charged towards Karl and the others.

"kill----!!!!!!"

Karl frowned, thinking to himself, "He's actually serious??"

"Heh..." Adam sneered instead of being afraid when he saw this: "It seems we have no choice but to fight our way out."

......

At the same time, thousands of miles away.

Sima Qing, Zhu Yu, Lin Ye, Su You, and the rest of the group finally arrived outside Crimson Dragon City.

The majestic city walls cast long shadows under the setting sun. Inside the city, a state of relaxed exterior but tense interior preparedness prevailed, with no one yet knowing what kind of crisis was about to be faced.

"Shh-"

A dark figure appeared like a ghost, kneeling on one knee in front of Sima Qing. It was Wu Yikun, who was in charge of the reconnaissance.

Wu Yikun reported, "Chairman, we have investigated and found that the garrison in the city should only have less than 30,000 troops left, including one early-stage Soul Emperor, one late-stage Soul Emperor, and thirteen Saint Realm generals."

Sima Qing stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the Dragon Clan Royal City that had stood for countless years. He slowly nodded, his indifferent eyes revealing neither joy nor anger.

"very good."

"The time has come."

"Then let us begin."